In 1974, young Masahiro “Massy” Hirai leaves Japan aboard Northwest Orient Flight 58, chasing a dream across the Pacific. Soon after arriving in Washington, D.C., he’s hired by the influential Ikard family, who quickly discover his gift for Japanese-style cooking, an art just beginning to captivate America. As Massy’s culinary increase, so do the stakes. His visa is expiring, his family urges him to return home, he begins to form deep relationships in America, and ultimately he must choose between duty and destiny. What follows is a heartfelt journey through friendship, love, and reinvention, from a bustling D.C. kitchen to an American university campus, and finally to the opening of his own small-town Japanese restaurant. Based on true events, Made From Scratch is a tender, cross-cultural story of courage, belonging, family, and the pursuit of the American Dream.